with a set of efficient DNA tests

Familial Hypercholesterolemia NGS panel

Genes
(full
coding region):

APOB, LDLR, LDLRAP1, PCSK9

Price / TAT:

1030 EUR / 6-9 weeks

Specimen requirements:

2-4 ml of blood with anticoagulant EDTA

1 µg DNA in TE, AE or pure sterile water at 100-250 ng/µl
The A260/A280 ratio should be 1.8-2.0. DNA sample should be run on an agarose gel as a single band, showing no degradation, alongside with a quantitative DNA marker.

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is characterized by high LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol level that cause atherosclerotic plaque deposition in the coronary arteries, increasing the risk for early cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Deposition of cholesterol is also found in the tendons of the hands, elbows, knees and feet (xanthomas) and around the eyes (xanthelasmas).

Heterozygous FH is associated with heterozygous pathogenic variant in one of three genes – LDLR, APOB, PCSK9, and occurs at a frequency of about 1:500. Homozygous FH is much rarer, occurring in about 1:1,000,000 in general population. Homozygous FH results from biallelic mutations in one of the following genes: LDLR, LDLRAP1, APOB, PCSK9.